Youngstown Orthopaedic Associates and The Orthopaedic Surgery Center in Youngstown name Medline as prime vendor

Northfield, Ill., August 8, 2024 – Medline today announced its prime vendor partnership with Youngstown Orthopaedic Associates (YOA) and The Orthopaedic Surgery Center (OSC) in Youngstown, Ohio  –  a premier multispecialty ambulatory surgery center and physician network serving the Ohio/Pennsylvania/West Virginia tri-state region.

YOA and OSC are independently owned and operated by local physicians of Youngtown. Combining 150+ team members including 14 specialties-trained physicians and surgeons, OSC and its physician network provide a range of medical and surgical services including orthopaedic care, sports medicine, joint and hip replacement, physical therapy, hand therapy, casting, bracing, X-Ray and MRI imaging services and EMG and nerve studies.

Under the terms of the prime vendor agreement, YOA and OSC have access to Medline’s vast medical-surgical portfolio – including procedural and surgical packs, medical consumables and capital equipment.  They will also be able to more easily monitor key metrics across its growing operations such as item utilization, contract compliance, price accuracy and spend by product categories with advanced analytics platforms from Medline.

“We have successfully grown our organization intentionally and strategically over the years, with ‘highest quality of care at lower cost access’ as an important part of our vision” said Taylor Cera, chief operating officer of YOA & OSC, “Medline not only understands the competitive outpatient ambulatory care business, but they consistently demonstrate that they understand our specific goals and challenges.”

Serving patients in Mahoning and Turnball counties for 20 years, OSC built an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) in 2019 at 8591 Crossroads Drive in Youngstown to accommodate rising patient and payor demand for high quality, same-day surgical care in outpatient settings.  The practice has earned local and national prominence for excellence and innovation in orthopaedic medical and surgical care as well as innovation –  becoming, for example, the first ASC in Ohio to offer the revolutionary MAKO robotic-arm-assisted surgeries for hip and knee replacements in 2020.

“The Orthopaedic Surgery Center pushes the envelope when it comes to providing clinically innovative and convenient care to its patients,” said Greg Melillo, vice president of regional field sales at Medline. “They sit at the forefront of an evolving healthcare system – raising awareness of cost and quality to patients, and enhancing patient experience – and we are proud t0 partner with this successful and dynamic group.”

With four state-of-the-art operating rooms and three private overnight suites, the surgery center is also the cornerstone of the 50,000+ sq. ft. orthopaedic and musculoskeletal medical-surgical campus in Boardman township.   Incorporating the latest technologies in healthcare, the campus is leading the way in orthopaedics care and surgery in the region and consists of the ASC, indoor and outdoor rehabilitation resources and a newly-constructed, two-story physician office building which opened last Fall.

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Contact:
Carroll Henning
(847) 226-0587
Chenning@medline.com